Chaource

Aube · CC du Chaourçois et du Val d'Armance · INSEE 10080

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chaource (INSEE 10080) is in Aube (10), part of CC du Chaourçois et du Val d'Armance. Population 1,011 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/10080-chaource

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 14,272 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.48	10	4.81
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAS SEBILLOTTE PASCAL ET VIRGINIE · LA PATISSE A PEPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FINE GUEULE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NDM). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ETABLISSEMENTS SAUNIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SHAKA PUB · L'AUBERGE SANS NOM). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (L'ANTRE DEUX BIERES). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE AMADIS JAMYN). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SALVATORE COSCIA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE CHAOURCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE CHAOURCE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHAMPAGNE-BOURGOG). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (SYL COIFFURE · COIFF'NATURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE CADUSIA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SAS SEBILLOTTE PASCAL ET VIRGINIE · LA PATISSE A PEPE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA FINE GUEULE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	NDM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ETABLISSEMENTS SAUNIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	SHAKA PUB · L'AUBERGE SANS NOM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	L'ANTRE DEUX BIERES	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE AMADIS JAMYN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SALVATORE COSCIA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE CHAOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE CHAOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHAMPAGNE-BOURGOG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	SYL COIFFURE · COIFF'NATURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE CADUSIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 971 peak 2012: 1,154 2023: 1,011 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,154 (2012) → 1,011 (2023): -12.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,031 (1990) → 1,011 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 573, of which 4 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Chaource): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chaource): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chaource): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chaource): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chaource): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.9

Days at or below 0 °C 74.8

Muggy days a summer 1.3

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LOGES-MARGUERON weather station, 4.1 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 151 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LES-RICEYS, 18.7 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 789 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LOGES-MARGUERON, 4.1 km away at 150 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10080/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10080/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10080/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10080/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10080
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Magnac-Bourg	87	340 km SW	1,121	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut	07	361 km S	1,115	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Bairon et ses environs	08	168 km N	1,037	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Le Donjon	03	191 km S	1,007	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
La Pacaudière	42	210 km S	1,088	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Faramans	38	307 km S	1,143	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bairon et ses environs	08	168 km N	1,037	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Le Donjon	03	191 km S	1,007	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
La Pacaudière	42	210 km S	1,088	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Faramans	38	307 km S	1,143	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Magnac-Bourg	87	340 km SW	1,121	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut	07	361 km S	1,115	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Chaource's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtillon-en-Bazois	58	117 km S	795	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sancey	25	202 km SE	1,385	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hippolyte	25	216 km E	981	70	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rozoy-sur-Serre	02	184 km N	917	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Raddon-et-Chapendu	70	175 km E	849	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pontgibaud	63	266 km S	715	63.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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